Important Current Affairs 21st September 2017 with PDF

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Banking, SSC and Insurance aspirants can now read the Important General Awareness in PDF. Here is an update containing all the important current affairs for 21st September 2017. You can download the Important Current Affairs 21st September 2017 with pdf capsule too.

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China began the process to restore the world’s fastest bullet train, running at 350 km/hr, from Beijing to Shanghai, 6 years after it reduced the speed of its trains.

A ‘Fuxing’ bullet train, which will enjoy the high-speed, departed Beijing South Railway for Shanghai.

The Fuxing has a 30-year life, 10 years more than the existing model, and consumes 10% less power when running at 350 km/hr.

Udaan extended for Jammu and Kashmir

The Union Cabinet extended the time period for Udaan – the Special Industry Initiative for Jammu and Kashmir till 31 December 2018.

Udaan is a centrally funded skill enhancement scheme for J&K youth implemented by National Skill Development Corporation.

The scheme is run by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC).

Puducherry to ban plastic bags

The Puducherry government decided to ban manufacture and use of plastic packaging materials of less than 51 microns.

The government also advised hotel and restaurant owners to abstain from packing ‘ready to eat’ food items in ‘butter paper’ or such plastic transparent sheets.

Alternatively, the shop owners have been asked to use plantain leaf or any such natural products for such packaging

Afghan Air Force recieves helicopters

The Afghan Air Force took delivery of its first four US made UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters.

The U.S. plans to supply a total of 159 Black Hawks to Afghanistan in the coming years as it boosts the capacity of the Afghan Air Force.

The helicopters will replace the Russian made Mi-17 helicopters.

Optical polarisation phenomenon

Over 70 years after Indian astrophysicist and Nobel laureate Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar predicted that rapidly rotating stars would emit polarised light, scientists in Australia have observed the phenomenon for the first time.

Optical polarisation is a measure of the orientation of the oscillations of a light beam to its direction of travel.

It was first observed in 1946.

ONGC discovers oil

Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC) has made a significant oil discovery to the west of its prime Mumbai High fields in the Arabian sea.

The discovery in the well WO-24-3 is estimated to hold an in-place reserve of about 20 million tonnes.